The Scene Book Archive
Having decided that writing scenes was an are where I was particularly weak, I decided to find a book on the subject and found a recommendation for The Scene Book. Overall, I think it would be a very useful resource …
Yesterday, I wrote about taking a looser approach to my scene planning, focusing on the purpose of the scene and letting it develop from there. But today, I came across the concept of creating scene beats, and I think that …
Today, I finally got back to the keyboard and starting working on a new attempt at that scene I had started last weekend. Last time around, I had a solid writing session in terms of word output, but realized afterwards …
I’m still in my week of sleeping in. I don’t know if that’s the reason, but I feel better in general and have been better able to handle the stress that comes up at work and also not bring it …
This week, I am trying to conserve my mental energy for a really stressful workweek, so I have not been getting up to write. But my body is insisting that I get up anyway. So far, my attempts to sleep …
Today’s writing (more copying in text from the broken computer days) completed the scene where the reader learns about the threat to the Hero from the Guide’s perspective. But the Guide can’t get to the Hero yet, and doesn’t realize …